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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Daniel: [QB] ::sigh:: I see I've been caught. Okay, in my vengeful techno-talk regarding Miranda vs. Constitutions I seem to have gotten non-canon in some places. AHH! HYPOCRISY! ::falls to floor clutching chest:: Sorry 'bout that. In any case, if these vessels were in the US navy, that is what they would be classified as. Having a copy of Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships from 1976, I can back that up. But you are right, they were never referred to as such in any series or movie. If you follow Todd Allen Guenther's Ships of the Star Fleet, that is also what they are classified as. When I said that Mirandas were basically only good for convoy protection and patrol, I was speaking from a practical point of view. Realistically, they are not designed large enough for the mission flexibility that Constitutions have. Their possible laboratory base is rediculously low, and their sensors are lesser in number it seems. PTC stands for Plasma Transfer Conduit, which utilizes magnetic peristalsis to move plasma from the dilithium reaction vessel to the nacelles. And if you look at that fantastic set of deck plans drawn up by Michael Rupprecht, you can see they extend forever and all over the place. Not like its his fault - the damn warp core is so far away from the nacelle pylons. But I assumed that this would hamper any efforts to update a warp drive system, seeing as with every warp core update comes new PTC units. What I was really getting at was that, if the warp engines on board a Constitution were difficult to upgrade, it would be an absolute hell to update the ones on a Miranda. In anycase, I apologize and hope that no one will think the lesser of me because of my non-canonism. I also hope I haven't offended anyone by dissing Mirandas in favor of Constitutions. I truly love the Miranda design, its very compact, its just relatively useless as a multimission platform in practice. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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